OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Cover Image, Volume 12, Issue 5	99
Applications of the versatile CRISPR‐Cas13 RNA targeting system	67
Emerging roles of RNA‐binding proteins in fatty liver disease	55
RNA nucleotide methylation: 2021 update	46
microRNAs‐based diagnostic and therapeutic applications in liver fibrosis	46
Molecular regulation of hypoxia through the lenses of noncoding RNAs and epitranscriptome	44
Two Birds With One Stone: RNA Virus Strategies to Manipulate G3BP1 and Other Stress Granule Components	40
tRNA‐Derived Fragments in Age‐Related Diseases: A Systematic Review	39
Non‐coding RNAs in diseases with a focus on osteoarthritis	39
Poly(A) tale: From A to A; RNA polyadenylation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes	37
Epi‐miRNAs: Modern mediators of methylation status in human cancers	34
Time to infer miRNA sponge modules	34
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Measuring the tail: Methods for poly(A) tail profiling	31
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Alternative polyadenylation: An enigma of transcript length variation in health and disease	29
Partners in crime: Proteins implicated in RNA repeat expansion diseases	29
Rules and impacts of nonsense‐mediated mRNA decay in the degradation of long noncoding RNAs	27
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Characterization of circular RNAs with advanced sequencing technologies in human complex diseases	27
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The regulatory role of N⁶‐methyladenosine modification in the interaction between host and microbes	26
The Quaking RNA‐binding proteins as regulators of cell differentiation	24
Intron‐Derived Lariat RNAs Go Stable	24
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The curious case of the disappearing piRNAs	24
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To RNA‐binding and beyond: Emerging facets of the role of Rbfox proteins in development and disease	22
The Unusual Role of Ribonuclease L in Innate Immunity	21
Pervasive role of the long noncoding RNA DNM3OS in development and diseases	20
Functional and regulatory impact of chimeric RNAs in human normal and cancer cells	20
Mechanisms of RNA export and nuclear retention	19
Role of Assemblysomes in Cellular Stress Responses	18
The Phantom Mark: Enigmatic roles of phospho‐Threonine 4 modification of the C‐terminal domain of RNA polymerase II	17
The Role of Non‐Coding RNA in Systemic Sclerosis: From Mechanism to Translation	17
PiRNAs, PiRNA‐Like, and PIWI Proteins in Somatic Cells: From Genetic Regulation to Disease Mechanisms	17
Exploring the interplay between PARP1 and circRNA biogenesis and function	17
Regulation of alternative splicing: Functional interplay with epigenetic modifications and its implication to cancer	16
Roles of non‐coding RNAs in eye development and diseases	16
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Recent insights into the structure, function, and regulation of the eukaryotic transfer RNA splicing endonuclease complex	16
Orchestrated centers for the production of proteins or “translation factories”	16
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Regulation of microRNA by circular RNA	15
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miR‐135b: A Potential Biomarker for Pathological Diagnosis and Biological Therapy	15
tRNA‐derived RNAs: Biogenesis and roles in translational control	15
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The “guiding” principles of noncoding RNA function	15
Roles of minor spliceosome in intron recognition and the convergence with the better understood major spliceosome	15
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Noncoding RNAs: Emerging regulators of behavioral complexity	15
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Beyond reader proteins: RNA binding proteins and RNA modifications in conversation to regulate gene expression	14
Eukaryotic splicing machinery in the plant–virus battleground	14
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Noncoding RNAs in oral cancer	14
Sex and the basal mRNA synthesis machinery	14
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Deciphering brain cellular and behavioral mechanisms: Insights from single‐cell and spatial RNA sequencing	14
Cyclin‐dependent kinases: Masters of the eukaryotic universe	13
Micro‐RNAs: A safety net to protect hematopoietic stem cell self‐renewal	12
Developmental roles and molecular mechanisms of Asterix/GTSF1	12
Regulation and outcomes of localized RNA translation	11
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RNA–protein interactomes as invaluable resources to study RNA viruses: Insights from SARS CoV‐2 studies	11
Targeting DEAD‐box RNA helicases: The emergence of molecular staples	11
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RNA splicing regulators play critical roles in neurogenesis	10
Recent insights into the world of dual‐function bacterial sRNAs	10
RNA m6A modifications regulate crosstalk between tumor metabolism and immunity	10

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Revealing the hidden RBP–RNA interactions with RNA modification enzyme‐based strategies	9
Post‐transcriptional regulation of polycistronic microRNAs	9
Untacking small RNA profiling and RNA fragment footprinting: Approaches and challenges in library construction	9
Synthetic antibodies for accelerated RNA crystallography	9
RNA base editors: The emerging approach of RNA therapeutics	9
Integrated Biochemical and Computational Methods for Deciphering RNA‐Processing Codes	8
The role of alternative splicing and splicing factors in diabetes: Current status and future perspectives	8
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The story of rRNA expansion segments: Finding functionality amidst diversity	8
PINTology: A short history of the lncRNA LINC‐PINT in different diseases	8
Host and viral RNA dysregulation during BK polyomavirus infection in kidney transplant recipients	7
Alternative splicing: An efficient regulatory approach towards plant developmental plasticity	7
The landscape of lncRNAs in cell granules: Insights into their significance in cancer	7
Undervalued and novel roles of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins in autoimmune diseases: Resurgence as potential biomarkers and targets	7
To initiate or not to initiate: A critical assessment of eIF2A, eIF2D, and MCT‐1·DENR to deliver initiator tRNA to ribosomes	7
SKI complex: A multifaceted cytoplasmic RNA exosome cofactor in mRNA metabolism with links to disease, developmental processes, and antiviral responses	7
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The Functional Diversity of Chromatin‐Associated RNA Binding Proteins in Transcriptional and Post‐Transcriptional Regulation	6
Exosome‐derived long noncoding RNAs: Mediators of host–Plasmodium parasite communication	6
Challenges in Therapeutically Targeting the RNA‐Recognition Motif	6
RNA modifications as emerging therapeutic targets	6
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The Definition of RNA Age Related to RNA Sequence Changes	6
The importance of RNA modifications: From cells to muscle physiology	6
Potential applications of N⁶‐methyladenosine modification in the prognosis and treatment of cancers via modulating apoptosis, autophagy, and ferroptosis	6
Target‐directed microRNA degradation: Mechanisms, significance, and functional implications	5
Cancer‐derived non‐coding RNAs endow tumor microenvironment with immunosuppressive properties	5
Noncoding RNA mutations in cancer	5
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The emerging roles of CFIm25 (NUDT21/CPSF5) in human biology and disease	5
The latest role of nerve‐specific splicing factor PTBP1 in the transdifferentiation of glial cells into neurons	5
Imprinted small nucleolar RNAs: Missing link in development and disease?	5
Progress of CRISPR‐based programmable RNA manipulation and detection	4
Functional Landscape of hnRNPA3 in Disease Pathogenesis	4
Uncovering the impacts of alternative splicing on the proteome with current omics techniques	4
Physiological and engineered tRNA aminoacylation	4
The spectrum of pre‐mRNA splicing in autism	4
p53 and RNA viruses: The tug of war	4
Caught in the act—Visualizing ribonucleases during eukaryotic ribosome assembly	4
Spatial analysis toolkits for RNA in situ sequencing	4
The Central Dogma revisited: Insights from protein synthesis, CRISPR, and beyond	4
RNA thermometers and other regulatory elements: Diversity and importance in bacterial pathogenesis	4
Small‐RNA‐guided histone modifications and somatic genome elimination in ciliates	4
A comprehensive checklist of computational resources and methodologies for noncoding RNAs in systems medicine	4
Mitochondrial RNA, a new trigger of the innate immune system	4
RNA epigenetic modifications in ovarian cancer: The changes, chances, and challenges	4
Keeping development on time: Insights into post‐transcriptional mechanisms driving oscillatory gene expression during vertebrate segmentation	4